Occurrence 30556

Ἐπιτύμβια εἰς τὸν βασιλέα Νικηφόρον.
 
Ὃς ἀνδράσι πρὶν (καὶ) τομώτερος ξίφους·
πάρεργον οὗτο(ς) (καὶ) γυναικὸ(ς) (καὶ) ξίφους
ὃς τῶ κράτει πρὶν γῆς ὅλης εἶχε κράτο(ς).
ὥσπερ μικρὸ(ς) μικρὸν γῆς ὤκισε μέρος:
τὸν πρὶν σεβαστὸν ὡς δοκῶ (καὶ) θηρίοις·
ἀνεῖλεν ἡ σύγκοιτο(ς) ἓν δοκοῦν μέλος:
ὁ μηδὲ νυξὶ μικρὸν ὑπνώττειν θέλων.
ἐν τῶ τάφω νῦν μακρὸν ὑπνώττει χρόν(ον):
θέαμα πικρόν· ἀλλ' ἀνάστα νῦν ἄναξ.
(καὶ) τάττε πεζούς ἱππότ(ας) τοξοκράτας
τὸ σὸν στράτεύμα τὰς φάλαγγας τοὺς λόχους·
ὀργᾶ καθ' ἡμῶ(ν) ῥωσικὴ πανοπλία
σκυθῶν ἔθνη σφύζουσιν εἰς φονουργ(...)
λεηλατοῦσι πᾶν ἔθνο(ς) τὴν σὴν πόλιν·
οὓς ἐπτόει νῦν καὶ γεγραμμ(έν)ο(ς) τύπος
πρὸ τῶν πυλῶν σὸς ἐν πόλει βυζαντί(ων)·
ναὶ μὴ παρόψη ταῦτα ῥίψον τὸν λίθον·
τὸν σε κρατοῦντα (καὶ) λίθοις τὰ θηρία
τὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν δίωκε δὸ(ς) δὲ (καὶ) πέτρ(ας)
στηριγμὸν ἡμῖν ἀρραγεστέραν βάσιν.
εἰ δ' οὐ προκύψαι τοῦ τάφου μικρὸν θέλ(εις)
κἂν ῥίψον ἐκ (γῆς) φ(ω)νὴν ἔθνεσι μόνην
ἴσως πτοήσει τα(ῦτ)α καὶ τρέ(ψε)ι μόνη
εἰ δ' οὐδὲ τοῦτο τῶ τάφω τῶ σῶ δέ(χου)
σύμπαντας ἡμᾶς, (καὶ) (...)
σώζειν τὸ πλήθα τῶν ὅλων χρ(ιστ)ωνύμ(ων)
ὦ πλὴν γυναικὸς τἄλλα δ' αὗ νι(...)
Type(s) [30552] Ὃς ἀνδράσι πρὶν καὶ τομώτερος ξίφους (27 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 12th c.
Manuscript MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional Vitr. 26-2 (olim N.2) [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 157r
Palaeographical information In line 22, the scribe of the poem realised he made a mistake and that the correct sentence should be κἂν ῥίψον ἐκ (γῆς) ἔθνεσι φ(ω)νὴν μόνην. He tried to fix this by adding the letter β above φωνὴν and the letter α above ἔθνεσι.
Contextual information About the context, Ševčenko (1969-70: 189) says: "Each of these poems is placed in the manuscript's margin next to the text or the miniature relevant, or considered relevant, to the deceased".
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s) Nikephoros II Phokas of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey (912 - 11/12/969) - PMBZ: 27689: "Personenkennziffer: 25535" (basileus)
Image source(s) http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000022766&page=323
Bibliography
Number of verses 27
Related occurrence(s) [30595] ὁ πλὴν γυναικὸς τἄλλα (...) νικηφ(...) [12th c.]
MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional Vitr. 26-2 (olim N.2) [12th c.] (f. 157r)
(3 verses) (1/27)
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